~"Oh my! Why hello there, new student!"~

芹沢 カゴメ
~SERIZAWA KAGOME~

Headmistress of Saint Lilium

Age:
"You know, sweetie, it's quite rude to ask a woman of her age."

35

Personality:
"Ah, well, you know how I am.~"

Serizawa-Sama may appear to some as stern and stoic, but once they get to know her, many teachers and students find she is very sweet, soft spoken and motherly, but if you anger her, you better watch out, especially if it concerns Tohru. She loves her job as headmistress of the school and takes pride in her work shaping and nurturing the young minds of tomorrow, not to mention all the cute teachers she gets to flirt with, much to the embarrassment of her adopted daughter. Despite Tohru's delinquint attitude and her tendency to cause trouble, never once does Kagome show disdain towards her and defends her from teachers who want the girl expelled and/or thrown in jail. She loves her daughter very much and wants to see her succeed, proving the teachers of St. Lilium wrong about Tohru being nothing but trash.

Background:
"I suppose you want to know everything about me, hmm? Very well"

Growing up, Kagome always knew two things. One, she was attracted to women, and two, she's always wanted to be a mother.

Kagome grew up in Osaka to a rather wealthy family. Her father was at one time advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, and her mother was a school teacher turned stay at home wife. For the remainder of her life, she was home schooled, until her family moved to Tokyo and she began attending school regularly. She wanted to be a teacher when she grew up, just like her mother, but more than most, she dreamed of having a lovely family of her own someday, a beautiful wife and daughter.

After graduating, she started work as a literature teacher at Saint Lilium's Academy for Young Women. The headmistress at the time was very stern and more or less, in Kagome's opinion...kind of a bitch. Nevertheless, she enjoyed teaching and eventually she fell in love with another teacher at the school, math teacher Junko Mamiya.

Junko and Kagome were together for three years when Kagome decided she wanted to have a child. They considered artificial insenination, but...tragedy struck. Kagome ended up having a miscarriage by her third trimester. She was going to have a girl... The death of her beautiful daughter drove her into a deep depression for almost a year. She never ate nor slept. She was sick all the time too, which took a toll on her job. Not only that, but she discovered soon her girlfriend was cheating on her with another woman.

Her life, the perfect family she wanted, it was all crumbling to pieces around her. The woman eventually decided...to take her own life.

Twas either a miracle or a cruel twist of fate, but somehow a teacher found her face down on her desk in her office clutchig a bottle of pills. She was barely alive when the doctors rushed her to the ER, but they saved her life. She was diagnosed with clinical depression and spent weeks in therapy.

After making a recovery, she managed to get her job back at Saint Lilium, despite protest from the headmistress. Her dreams of a family were dashed, but she still wanted to be a teacher. Years went on and she worked her way through, eventually earning the title of headmistress herself. It was one of her greatest achievements ever, but sadly there was no one to share the glory with.

Then, one day as she was taking the train to work, a scraggly young girl snatched her purse and took off running. Serizawa gave chase, and soon, so did the police. Right as Kagome saw the girl, she knew she was homeless. Kagome took pity on the poor child. The police were treating her like they would any other delinquint. This angered her. She stepped in, ordering them to leave her alone.

Eventually, she found out the girl's name was Tohru Itagaki. She had no known relatives, other than an estranged father who made no efforts at all to claim the child, and her grandmother who passed away not long after Tohru ran from home. Kagome decided she would adopt the girl rather than have the police arrest her. Per her requirements, the girl was to attend school regularly at Saint Lilium. Tohru hated it, but it was either that or be sent to jail.

Kagome will admit, this isn't what she expected her first child to be, but she loves Tohru no less and does everything she can to be a good mother for her, even putting up with Tohru's brash and rebellious behavior.

Other Things:
"My my, you're an inquisitive one. How long is this interview?"

-Serizawa's favorite scent is chamomile

-She's not a big fan of Tohru's music, but if it's what her daughter likes, she'll tolerate it. She's actually more fond of seventies and eighties American pop music and traditional Japanese music.

-She likes to drink wine, champagne, and vodka on some occassions. Sake isn't really her forte and beer is just gross to her

-Serizawa is an avid fan of classic western films. Her favorites are Gone with the Wind and Casablanca

Age:
16

Year:
Second

Personality:
Generally a serious presence, Maiko, whilst not exactly a downer, isn't the bubbliest person in the world. Excellent in languages and gymnastics, she's had a lot of pressure put on her from a young age, and although she's loosening up away from her parents, she's still got a while to go before she can totally relax. In airsoft though, she's a different person entirely, moving ruthlessly and quickly, and gunning down even her friends without considering their feelings. Still, she's a good sport should she get hit, and those that play against her find her brutal but fair.

Still, in a competition between 'tomboy' and 'girly girl,' the latter wins out every time. Her favourite colour is 'pale red' (pink,)although she'd never admit it she loves complicated dresses, and she still keeps a teddy near her bed. She'd never admit any of this to most people, of course, but it can show through sometimes, much to her embarrassment.

Background:
~I'll be honest, it wasn't the most relaxing childhood...
From a pretty young age, Maiko had a lot of pressure put on her. She was the result of her parents finally resorting to IVF, and despite many other tries, she was the only kid they could have. Wanting to mould her into the girl of their dreams, the two very wealthy parents piled on all of their expectations and hopes, filling her spare time with extra curricular activities and extra lessons, much to her dismay.

Whilst not exactly a free spirit, she didn't respond too well to all of the pressure put on her, and always looked for little ways to steer things her own way; from buying her own airsoft gun and taking part in competitions (much to her parent's chargrain,) to ditching extra science lessons in favour of as many languages as she could cram in, and today she can fluently speak Arabic, Japanese and English, as well as French, German, Mandarin and Afrikaans less well.

She wasn't able to entirely avoid her parent's influence however, and she was forced into doing a large amount of gymnastics; she's had to compete in regional and even a few national competitions.

Other things:
~Tell you what, beat me in a game of CTF, and then we'll talk, yeah?~

Club:
Airsoft (duh.)

Theme:

Age: 17

Year: Third

Personality: Sayuri’s goal is to be the perfect and cool upperclassman that she always adored in her younger years. She takes notes from manga, and very often comes across as cliché. She likes to behave in a confident and composed manner. However, she often can’t hide facets of her true personality, which is easily embarrassed, eager, and impulsive. She loves to seem impressive to everyone, yet is childishly impressed by other people as well.

Background: Growing up, Sayuri was a shy and mousy girl that spent most of her days indoors reading manga. When she went to attend Saint Lilium’s, she was amazed at how sophisticated and stylish the upperclassmen were. Before she went into her third and final year, Sayuri decided that she wanted to become one of them. So she gave herself a total makeover and taught herself tricks that she learned from manga.

Despite not being all that good at academics or sports, she put a lot of effort into her schoolwork, believing that a true upperclassman was intelligent and athletic. While her antics often get quite cliché – sometimes to the point where she embarrasses herself by her own words and actions – she genuinely enjoys being a student at the school and loves to help out others.

Club: Theater club

Theme: Koigokoro Masquerade